"Comrades, please disperse. At 8 o'clock in the evening, each family will provide a young and strong laborer to follow the ox cart to deliver mountain products and then bring back the grain."

Zhang Xiangyang's words again drew cheers from the members.

"Grandpa and grandma, let's go home for dinner! Has Shengli gone out to play and not come back yet?"

When the family returned home, Zhang Shuguang discovered that his younger brother Zhang Shengli was not there.

"He hasn't come back yet, but he'll probably be back soon. Victory hasn't had this much fun in years."

Speak of the devil, here he is, Zhang Shengli comes back leisurely from outside.

"Brother, we'll roast bird eggs and grasshoppers this afternoon, so we don't have to eat dinner tonight."

Half of Zhang Shengli's face was black.

"No, that won't do. It's time to eat. Go wash your face and we'll be eating soon."

"Jianguo and the others said that if we find food outside, we can save food for the family. The adults need to eat more so they have the strength to work. I also want to save food for my family."

During the most difficult times, almost every household was like this. The first thing to do was to ensure that the strong laborers could eat half full.

It’s not that they don’t respect the elderly and love the young, because everyone knows that once the person who earns work points falls, the whole family may not survive.

"How much can you eat? I can support you. You and your sister should eat well and grow up quickly. You have me here, so don't worry about those unnecessary things."

Zhang Shuguang rubbed his brother's head. This younger brother has always been sensible and makes people feel distressed.

They still had bear bones for dinner. In order to prevent the meat and bones from spoiling, Su Hong added a lot of salt. Zhang Shuguang drank three bowls of noodle soup before he was barely 80% full.

The good news is that the bones were finally chewed tonight.

The bad news is, there's still a full tank of bacon.

How nice it would be if we had a freezer at home!

Unfortunately, it was only the 1960s, and it was still too early for freezers to enter thousands of households.

After dinner, Su Hong washed the dishes and the family sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air.

"Xiao Guang, have we agreed on the food for the machinery factory? There won't be any problems, right?"

The old man was still a little worried.

The eldest grandson went to the team leader and said that he wanted to exchange grain for mountain products without discussing it with him.

The old man had mixed feelings about this matter.

It's not that he is selfish and doesn't want to care about his fellow villagers just because he has food to eat. It's just that this matter is too big and his family cannot bear the consequences if something happens.

He knows what the current situation is and what food means to everyone.

If it goes well, everyone will be happy. If something goes wrong, the whole village will be in chaos.

If they were given hope and then fell into despair again, their family would not have to stay in Zhangzhuang any longer.

"Grandpa, don't worry. I guess the food has been loaded onto the truck by now."

The food was stored in the space, so Zhang Shuguang was of course not panicking.

"That's good, that's good."

Zhang Shuguang's words gave Zhang Qingchun peace of mind.

There was talking and laughing at the old house, but at Zhang Xiangdong's house, there was a gloomy atmosphere.

"Those two old men are so cruel! This is their own grandson! Not letting him eat is fine, but how could they be so cruel?"

Although Bai Yanniang loved her eldest son the most among her three sons, she still felt a little distressed when she saw that the two younger ones had not only suffered old injuries but also new ones.

What's more, it was her mother-in-law who beat her, which made her even more angry.

"Mom, please don't talk about grandchildren. The old lady said that she doesn't even have a son, so how can she have a grandchild? She beat us like she was her grandchildren."

Zhang Chenguang had a sad face. He had been suffering a lot these days.

A few days ago, Zhang Shuguang kicked him in the stomach and he fell to the ground in public, with feces and urine all over the place. He was so embarrassed that he even went to his grandmother's house.

This time he was beaten by the old lady again. He just said something in anger, but was beaten up by the uncles from the family who were watching the fun.

"It shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be like this."

Zhang Xiangdong was puzzled and felt that his parents had become somewhat unfamiliar.

There are only cruel children, but no cruel parents. No matter how excessive he had been in the past, he kept pulling down his parents and the second wife to establish his own image and show how progressive his thoughts were, but his parents had never reacted so strongly.

What happened this time? I took the initiative to show my goodwill and let my two sons run over to show their filial piety, but why did I get beaten up instead? What went wrong?

"What's so hard to understand? It's so obvious, can't you see it?

The traitor lamb found a job and was able to get food. The old man thought they were doing well again, so he doesn’t take us seriously anymore!

The team leader was on their side, and the villagers were on their side too, so they were really scared!

"You are a bunch of people who flatter the powerful and bully the weak. You beat us this morning and then beat our two sons this afternoon. You are killing us!"

Bai Yanniang was full of grievances and did not examine what she had done at all.

"No, we can't endure this any longer. If we continue like this, we will be bullied to death in Zhangzhuang sooner or later.

Zhang Xiangdong, go to the county tomorrow and look for Xuguang at the machinery factory.

Logically speaking, after reporting it, the factory shouldn't have had no reaction. Go and ask what's going on."

Bai Yanniang is a person who cannot bear to be wronged. If she continues to endure this humiliation, she will definitely get sick.

"If you want to go, you go. I won't go. My face is covered with bruises. I don't want to go to the county town and embarrass myself."

I don't know who was so cruel today, but gave Zhang Xiangdong an electric shock in the eye, leaving him with a black eye.

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